The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937, with a print run of 1,500 copies. With a beautiful cover design, nearly a dozen black & white illustrations and two black & red maps by the author himself, the book proved to be popular and was reprinted shortly afterwards.

See the above links for details of each instalment. Within the Waves in the Desert Series, two timelines progress side by side, highlighting just how the once naive, guarded-romantic, unfit, 20-something year old from San Francisco who was used to leaning on her supportive friends, finds herself fighting for survival on her own.

Title: Angel: After The Fall Volume 1. Picking up where Season Five of the fan-favorite TV show left off, this first collection looks at who lived after that climactic battle, who died, and what happened to all of Los Angeles in its wake.

Difficult to find first edition. Used hardback with dustwrapper in very good condition. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Back of dustwrapper has a mark where it looks as if the surface of the paper has been very lightly cut with a sharp object - one line of cut only.

"Nothing is as it was. Old enemies embrace. John le Carre has seized this momentous turning point in history to give us the most disturbing experience we have yet had of the frail and brutal world of spy dom.

My story is set in the Pacific, although not in the Paradise we've always been led to believe exists there. It is 1942 in Java and the Japanese are invading the islands like a swarm of locusts. ISBN: 9780670070701.

From the western plains of New South Wales to the balmy waters of Sydney Harbour, from the grinding heat of a West Australian cattle station to the eerie desert shores of Lake Eyre, Adam was driven by his ambition.

January 1944. The cause: a German armed raider, disguised to deceive unwary merchantmen. In Williamstown, Australia, HMS Andromeda awaits transfer to the Australian navy. But a call to Andromeda's youthful captain, Richard Blake VC, changes everything.

Other: Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself. A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished.

A young woman, having made a string of bad choices, finds herself the pawn of mercenaries - one of which is Conan of Cimmeria. As the former dancing girl poses as the dead oracle of a primitive cult, Conan puts his experience as a thief and a soldier together in pursuit of some of the most prized jewels in the world - the Teeth of Gwahlur!

Other: A young Devon sailor, Matthew Lawe, is cursed after a spectacular act of cowardice to wander the wild waters till all the seas run dry. In this, Nicholas Monsarrat's final masterpiece, Lawe represents the spirit of maritime exploration and fortitude; his life is the thread stringing together a long history of nautical adventure.

Other: The search for diamonds, a crucial scientific breakthrough and a mythical ruined city set off this adventure into the heart of the Congolese jungle. The American expedition is led by Karen Ross, desperate to find her husband and recover the data he found before he disappeared.

211 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. These Stories Are Clever,wise, Reflective, Imaginative And Permeated With Understanding Of What It Has Meant For Generations From These Islands To Cross The Channel.

By Birmingham, John. Other: Our world went to hell on March 14, 2003. Four years after an inexplicable wave of energy decimated the American mainland, and then just as inexplicably disappeared a year later, US President James Kipper is no closer to explaining the catastrophe to the traumatised survivors.

Beneath The Dark Ice. Other: When a plan crashes into the Antarctic ice, exposing a massive cave beneath, a rescue and research team is dispatched. by Beck, Greig. Publication Details: Macmillan, Australia (2009).

Other: For Sean Courtney, veteran guerrilla fighter and professional warrior, it is a time to fight and a time to find a deep and passionate love. For the beautiful Claudia Monterro it is a time to face the ultimate test in a world where American values count for nothing.

Other: At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, the battle to save the world has begun. THE SECRET BASE : It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. ONE SMALL TEAM :Except, that is, for a small equipment-testing team up in the Arctic led by a Marine captain named Schofield, call-sign SCARECROW.

By Luard, Nicholas. Publication Details: Century, United Kingdom (1992). ISBN 10: 0712630066. Other: An epic adventure of a young girl who is captured by the Himalayan yeti and becomes bound up in their lives, their conflicts and their fight for survival.

Darkness Be My Friend. 'As New' - it's UNread a retired display copy and handled as such -a wonderful SCARCE collectible copy as such. It is Tight - neat, no inscriptions or marks.Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!